'curlycue' definitions:

Definition of 'curlycue'

From: GCIDE
  • curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.] Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. [Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'curlycue'

From: GCIDE
  • curlycue \curl"y*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.] Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue. [Sometimes written carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper. [1913 Webster]
  • I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. --McClintock. [1913 Webster]

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